Virt-install

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virt-install script is part of virtinst package. ( https://linux.die.net/man/1/virt-install)


Options

Examples

Example Virtual Machine using virtio

  • virt-install --autostart --check all=on --name YOUR_VM_MACHINE --memory VM_MEMORY --vcpus VM_CPUs --os-variant ubuntu18.04 --cdrom VM_INSTALLATION_MEDIA --disk /path/libvirt/VM_STORAGE_POOL_NAME/YOUR_VM_MACHINE.qcow2 --noautoconsole --wait TIME_TO_WAIT --network type=direct,source=eno111,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio
virt-install 
 --autostart
 --check all=on
 --name YOUR_VM_MACHINE
 --memory VM_MEMORY
 --vcpus VM_CPUs
 --os-type linux
 --os-variant ubuntu20.04
 --graphics none
 --wait TIME_TO_WAIT
 --network type=direct,source=eno111,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio
 --disk /path/libvirt/VM_STORAGE_POOL_NAME/YOUR_VM_MACHINE.qcow2
 --cdrom PATH_TO_INSTALLATION_MEDIA

Example:

virt-install 
 --autostart
 --check all=on
 --name YOUR_VM_MACHINE
 --memory 8192
 --vcpus VM_2
 --os-type linux
 --os-variant ubuntu20.04
 --disk /srv/libvirt/YOUR_VM_MACHINE.qcow2,size=25
 --graphics none
 --network type=direct,source=eno111,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio

Other options:

--qemu-commandline

Using kickstart file:

--extra-args "ks=file:/ks.cfg console=ttyS0"

KVM networking

--network network=default
--network=bridge:br0
--network=bridge:virbr0
--network type=direct,source=eth01,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio
--vcpus=VCPUS[,maxvcpus=MAX][,sockets=#][,cores=#][,threads=#]



ERROR    Network not found: no network with matching name 'default'

Logs

~/.cache/virt-manager/virt-install.log
[Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:30:36 virt-install 2890] DEBUG (virt-install:744) Domain state after install: 1

virt-install --import

Virt-install Windows

Examples

virt-install --install ubuntu18.04 --memory 2048 --disk size=2 --graphics vnc,listen=192.168.1.1 --name YOUR_NAME
WARNING  KVM acceleration not available, using 'qemu'
Using ubuntu18.04 --location http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/bionic/main/installer-amd64
WARNING  Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer.
WARNING  No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1

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